Thomas Wolfe Remembered: American Writers Remembered
Editat de Mark Canada, Nami Montgomeryen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 sep 2018
Thomas Wolfe’s life may seem to be an open book. A life that, after all, was the source for his best-known works, including the novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, as well as his numerous short stories and dramas. Since his death in 1938, scholars and admirers of Wolfe have relied largely on these texts to understand the man himself.
Thomas Wolfe Remembered provides something new: a rich, multifaceted portrait painted by those who knew him (casually or intimately), loved him (or didn’t), and saw, heard, and experienced the literary (and literal) giant. This volume gathers in one place for the first time dozens of reminiscences by friends, family members, colleagues, and casual acquaintances, adding color and fine details to the self-portrait the author created in his novels.
Wolfe found plenty to challenge and frustrate him throughout his life, from his boyhood in Asheville, North Carolina, to his education at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University, through his time in New York and Europe, his travels through the American West, and his death in Baltimore. He experienced two distracted parents in a loveless marriage, the premature death of a beloved brother, a minor stutter, and the difficulties of controlling a mercurial temper. Yet Wolfe’s exuberance, perceptiveness, memory, and compulsion to record virtually all that he experienced made for an extravagance of material that sometimes angered the people whose lives he used as source material.
Editors Mark Canada and Nami Montgomery have collected dozens of remembrances, many unpublished or long forgotten, including pieces from Julia Wolfe, Margaret Roberts, Frederick Koch, Maxwell Perkins, Elizabeth Nowell, Edward Aswell, and Martha Dodd. Some are endearing, others are disturbing, and many are comical. All provide glimpses into the vibrant, haunted, boyish, paranoid, disheveled, courteous, captivating, infuriating, and altogether fascinating giant who was Thomas Wolfe.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817319908
ISBN-10: 0817319905
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 12 B&W figures
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Seria American Writers Remembered
ISBN-10: 0817319905
Pagini: 336
Ilustrații: 12 B&W figures
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Seria American Writers Remembered
Notă biografică
Mark Canada is a professor of English and the executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at Indiana University Kokomo. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of five books, including Introduction to Information Literacy for Students and Literature and Journalism in Antebellum America: Thoreau, Stowe, and Their Contemporaries Respond to the Rise of the Commercial Press. His work has appeared in American Literary Realism, Journalism History, and other venues.
Nami Montgomery is an ESL specialist in the Office of International Programs at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Nami Montgomery is an ESL specialist in the Office of International Programs at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Chronology
Introduction
Part 1. Childhood (1900–1916)
Chapter 1. Julia Wolfe
Chapter 2. Hal Fisher
Chapter 3. Margaret Batterham Waters
Chapter 4. Margaret Roberts
Part 2. College Years (1916–1922)
Chapter 5. Albert Coates
Chapter 6. J. Y. Jordan Jr.
Chapter 7. Paul Green
Chapter 8. Frederick Koch
Chapter 9. Margaret Roberts
Chapter 10. Mary Terry
Chapter 11. W. Clement Eaton
Chapter 12. Marjorie Fairbanks
Chapter 13. Philip Barber
Part 3. Apprenticeship (1922–1929)
Chapter 14. L. Ruth Middlebrook
Chapter 15. Vardis Fisher
Chapter 16. Henry Volkening
Chapter 17. Maxwell Perkins
Chapter 18. James Mandel
Chapter 19. Theodore G. Ehrsam
Chapter 20. Louise Jackson Wright
Chapter 21. Dix Sarsfield
Part 4. Professional Writing Career (1929–1938)
Chapter 22. Maxwell Perkins
Chapter 23. Elizabeth Nowell
Chapter 24. Margaret Roberts
Chapter 25. Mabel Wolfe Wheaton
Chapter 26. John Hall Wheelock
Chapter 27. Kyle Crichton (Robert Forsythe)
Chapter 28. Robert Raynolds
Chapter 29. Alladine Bell
Chapter 30. Joyce Maupin
Chapter 31. Gladys Hall Coates
Chapter 32. Clayton Hoagland
Chapter 33. Kathleen Hoagland
Chapter 34. Desmond Powell
Chapter 35. Dorothy Heiderstadt
Chapter 36. Martha Dodd
Chapter 37. Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt
Chapter 38. William H. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 39. William B. Wisdom
Chapter 40. George Stoney
Chapter 41. Edward Aswell
Chapter 42. George McCoy
Chapter 43. Max Whitson
Chapter 44. Charles G. Tennent
Chapter 45. Ray Conway
Chapter 46. Edward M. Miller
List of Reminiscences
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Chronology
Introduction
Part 1. Childhood (1900–1916)
Chapter 1. Julia Wolfe
Chapter 2. Hal Fisher
Chapter 3. Margaret Batterham Waters
Chapter 4. Margaret Roberts
Part 2. College Years (1916–1922)
Chapter 5. Albert Coates
Chapter 6. J. Y. Jordan Jr.
Chapter 7. Paul Green
Chapter 8. Frederick Koch
Chapter 9. Margaret Roberts
Chapter 10. Mary Terry
Chapter 11. W. Clement Eaton
Chapter 12. Marjorie Fairbanks
Chapter 13. Philip Barber
Part 3. Apprenticeship (1922–1929)
Chapter 14. L. Ruth Middlebrook
Chapter 15. Vardis Fisher
Chapter 16. Henry Volkening
Chapter 17. Maxwell Perkins
Chapter 18. James Mandel
Chapter 19. Theodore G. Ehrsam
Chapter 20. Louise Jackson Wright
Chapter 21. Dix Sarsfield
Part 4. Professional Writing Career (1929–1938)
Chapter 22. Maxwell Perkins
Chapter 23. Elizabeth Nowell
Chapter 24. Margaret Roberts
Chapter 25. Mabel Wolfe Wheaton
Chapter 26. John Hall Wheelock
Chapter 27. Kyle Crichton (Robert Forsythe)
Chapter 28. Robert Raynolds
Chapter 29. Alladine Bell
Chapter 30. Joyce Maupin
Chapter 31. Gladys Hall Coates
Chapter 32. Clayton Hoagland
Chapter 33. Kathleen Hoagland
Chapter 34. Desmond Powell
Chapter 35. Dorothy Heiderstadt
Chapter 36. Martha Dodd
Chapter 37. Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt
Chapter 38. William H. Fitzpatrick
Chapter 39. William B. Wisdom
Chapter 40. George Stoney
Chapter 41. Edward Aswell
Chapter 42. George McCoy
Chapter 43. Max Whitson
Chapter 44. Charles G. Tennent
Chapter 45. Ray Conway
Chapter 46. Edward M. Miller
List of Reminiscences
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Recenzii
“[The Editors] purpose involves providing an appreciation for the brilliantly gifted but troubled man behind the masterful fiction. Wolfe's personal eccentricities, his qualities and flaws, and above all his amazing vitality, emerge in this fine collective mosaic.” —The Alabama Review
"Similar in approach to William Faulkner of Oxford, ed. by James Webb and A. Wigfall Green (1965), and Andre Dubus: Tributes, ed. by Donald Anderson (2001), the present volume captures the memories of people who knew Wolfe (1900–38), including family members, friends, and editors. Although most of the reminiscences included have already appeared in print, many come from specialized journals that may not be easily available. A number of unpublished narratives come from major Wolfe collections at the libraries of Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Organized chronologically, the book includes 46 anecdotes and narratives, a chronology, a dozen illustrations, two lists of remembrances, and notes. Among the contributors are Wolfe's mother (Julia Wolfe), editors Maxwell Perkins and Edward Aswell, Wolfe collector William Wisdom, Wolfe's teacher Margaret Roberts, his agent and biographer Elizabeth Nowell, and dramatist Paul Green. Part of the series "American Writers Remembered," edited by Jackson Bryer, this volume has an appeal that goes beyond Wolfe specialists to serious readers. These memories about one of the most significant writers of the 20th century cover a range of experiences, including a dinner with writers at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans." Recommended. —CHOICE
"Thomas Wolfe Remembered is lively and informative, providing many insights for understanding Wolfe’s rich and complex art and life. It’s a very welcome and important addition to Wolfe scholarship and will no doubt greatly appeal to both Wolfe scholars and general readers.” —Robert Brinkmeyer, author of The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930–1950 and Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West
“Mark Canada and Nami Montgomery’s excellent compilation of reminiscences reminds readers of Wolfe’s literary accomplishments and extraordinary life. The editors seek to fill the gaps of these previous biographies with ‘revealing and fascinating insights into Wolfe’s creativity and personality . . . [by sharing] . . . accounts written and spoken by those who knew him as son, brother, classmate, student, teacher, boss, colleague, and friend’. The breadth and variety of relationships are this work’s strength.” —North Carolina Historical Review
"Similar in approach to William Faulkner of Oxford, ed. by James Webb and A. Wigfall Green (1965), and Andre Dubus: Tributes, ed. by Donald Anderson (2001), the present volume captures the memories of people who knew Wolfe (1900–38), including family members, friends, and editors. Although most of the reminiscences included have already appeared in print, many come from specialized journals that may not be easily available. A number of unpublished narratives come from major Wolfe collections at the libraries of Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Organized chronologically, the book includes 46 anecdotes and narratives, a chronology, a dozen illustrations, two lists of remembrances, and notes. Among the contributors are Wolfe's mother (Julia Wolfe), editors Maxwell Perkins and Edward Aswell, Wolfe collector William Wisdom, Wolfe's teacher Margaret Roberts, his agent and biographer Elizabeth Nowell, and dramatist Paul Green. Part of the series "American Writers Remembered," edited by Jackson Bryer, this volume has an appeal that goes beyond Wolfe specialists to serious readers. These memories about one of the most significant writers of the 20th century cover a range of experiences, including a dinner with writers at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans." Recommended. —CHOICE
"Thomas Wolfe Remembered is lively and informative, providing many insights for understanding Wolfe’s rich and complex art and life. It’s a very welcome and important addition to Wolfe scholarship and will no doubt greatly appeal to both Wolfe scholars and general readers.” —Robert Brinkmeyer, author of The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European Fascism, 1930–1950 and Remapping Southern Literature: Contemporary Southern Writers and the West
“Mark Canada and Nami Montgomery’s excellent compilation of reminiscences reminds readers of Wolfe’s literary accomplishments and extraordinary life. The editors seek to fill the gaps of these previous biographies with ‘revealing and fascinating insights into Wolfe’s creativity and personality . . . [by sharing] . . . accounts written and spoken by those who knew him as son, brother, classmate, student, teacher, boss, colleague, and friend’. The breadth and variety of relationships are this work’s strength.” —North Carolina Historical Review
Descriere
Thomas Wolfe Remembered offers an extraordinary, multi‑voiced portrait of one of America’s most compelling literary figures, bringing together dozens of reminiscences from friends, family, colleagues, mentors, and admirers who knew Wolfe personally. Through these vivid reflections—many unpublished or long forgotten—readers glimpse the exuberant, haunted, brilliant, and often unpredictable writer whose larger‑than‑life presence shaped both his fiction and the people around him. Spanning his childhood in Asheville, his education at UNC and Harvard, his travels through New York, Europe, and the American West, and the personal struggles that fueled his art, this collection adds depth, nuance, and humanity to the self‑portrait Wolfe created in his novels.